The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-18
At THE DRESSMAKER'S.
Where the Lord Of Creation Appears 70
Great Disadvantages.

the lord OF Creation ArneGEn
Great Disadvantage.
"Mv dear" said Mrs. BroadAxe, lay
ng her hand effectionately on my
shoulder.
I pretended not to hear her and pulled
away at my cigar, intent only on my
newspaper But Mrs. B. was not to be
baffled 10y any such little ruses. She
took hold OF the paper. and gently
taking II from my lzQd Folded 1t and
laid 1t on the center 1aSle.
ssWbat in the name Of Tom Scott,
Horace Greeley and sam Jones, did you
jerk that paper from my hand for =
demanded in a voice as much Ike thun-
der as / could assume. But Mrs. BrOad-
axe was not frightened She IS brave
little woman ] tried to DO tiger, but
s. e still wouldn't scare.
She came night up, patted the tiger on
the head, and sat down on his knee.
Before ] hardly realized what she was
about, she actually took the cigar from
nv mouth and kissed me on the
cheek.
knew what was coming and began
feeling for my Pocket-book. Mrs. B.
never kisses for nothing, and what was
the use in one holding out, when /
knew would DO forced TO yield il the
end2
Glow much do you wsns7" Issked
In desperation.
She smiled and taking my face be
tween her two small white hands
said:
+" It's not money this time"
"Then what is-it ?" ] asked, trying
to be savage again ; but it Is no use try
ing to frighten Mrs. b. She is brave.
a want you to 60 with me 70 the
1ressrOeEpr's this efteTnOOn
"To the dressmnker's-oh,d dear, cant
you enioin some lighter penance on me
than that 3"
She smiled and kissed me first on
one cheek and then on the other-wel,
I consented.
Twas 8 fool for doing it, but we all
become fools sometimes.
We started, and after going q block
or two Mrs. =. turned about TO give
my personal sppearance an inspection.
She made me gtoop until she tarned
back the collar Of my coat to suit her
taste. then she whisked me about,
smoothed the wrinkles IN my back,
brushed the small particles Of cigar
Gshes off my breast and gave me as
much attention ss ii / had been
pet poodle, and finally said I would
dO-tO come on.
We went to the fashionable shop
Of Mrs lie Moyne, 1 following my
wife and standing at the door and
feeling ss if I ought TO apologize, or
wait until somebody asked me to come
In.
Mrs. lie Moyne met Mrs. Broada1e
at the door, lifted her veil, kissed her
md got her the best chair, and asked
her to take off her wraps; was she
cold, and seemed very solicitOus about
Mrs. BIS comfort, but did not deign
to notice me- Then Mrs. lie N0vue's
assistant came and kissed Mrs. Broad
axe and asked about her health No
one kissed me or asked about my
health
I stood In the corner like a new hoy
atschool, until ilalittleseamstness brought
me chair. L s.-s.-lt ei,-8vs have n warm
spot in my heart for that little seam
stress.)
Mrs. lie Moyne brought ont such a
love of a dress, and ] soon learned that
IL was to be Mrs. BIS. There was a
system Of measuring. lacing; and some
strange talk about polonaise, hasQues.
waists, cor~age and a lot of stuff that 1
could not understand, nor remember
now.
All the while I sat in m- chair un-
noticed by any ono. Mrs. p. was the
Hll-lLl NflIIlIIN one III NLatL l.I.Ie N.lIfN NL
that moment. / was sorrv had come,
and was thinking Of stealing away. when
Mrs. B. asked me 10 sign my name to 6
check for fifty dollars.
did so. / would perhaps have done
80 hal II been for fifty Thousand. I was
cowcd Mrs. lie Movne thanked me
and ] rose IN my own estimation, for 1
vas good for something.
When Mrs. b. got ready to 60, she
told me TO come on just as she would
have called her poodle, and really
expected to hear her whistle to me.
l followed her just as a poodle would
have done.
Mrs. lie Movne opened the door for
Mrs. B., hoped she would come back
again soon, and said her presence was
always refreshing; but not a word was
spoken to me, and l certainly did not
feel very refreshing.
went home registering cast-iron,
steel-banded, rock-ribbed vows never
to go near another dressmaker's shop
while 1 lived and to pray constantly
for deliverance from such perditiOn
after death.
If a man wants to know how insig-
nifcant he is, Just let him go with
/ his wife to a dressmaker's.- Arkan-
saw Traveller.